predestine

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.

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predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)

  1. (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
  2. (theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.
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Portuguese

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Verb

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predestine

  1. inflection of predestinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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predestine

  1. inflection of predestinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative